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What battleship was sunk after delivering part of atomic bomb to island?
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∙ 14y ago
The battleship Indianapolis received orders to proceed to Tinian island, carrying parts and the enriched uranium (about half of the world's supply of Uranium-235 at the time) for the atomic bomb Little Boy, which would later be dropped on Hiroshima. Indianapolis departed San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on July 16, 1945, within hours of the Trinity test. Arriving at Pearl Harbor on July 19, she raced on unaccompanied, delivering the atomic weapon components to Tinian on July 26.
Indianapolis was then sent to Guam where a number of the crew who had completed their tours of duty were replaced by other sailors. Leaving Guam on July 28, she began sailing toward Leyte. On July 30, she was struck on her starboard bow by two Type 95 torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-58, under the command of Mochitsura Hashimoto. Twelve minutes after the attack, she rolled completely over, then her stern rose into the air, and sank.
It resulted in one of the largest shark attacks on sailors following a sinking!
The US Navy did not realize that the Indianapolis had been sunk and actually incorrectly reported that it had arrived at Leyte on schedule.
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What is significant about the island of Hiroshima?
That place has been the first to receive an atomic bomb on august 1945
Did the Indianapolis deliver both atomic bombs used on Japan?
At Tinian Island, in the Marianas. Tinian was the origin of both the nuclear raids.
Did the atomic bomb blow up the whole japan?
The atomic bomb did not blow up the entire island of Japan. It was however unleashed upon 2 of it's major cities one of the being Nakisakyi.
Is there a timeline for the atomic bomb?
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Who created and used the atomic bomb?
the us created the atomic bomb
What naval ship carried the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima?
indianapolis. it was sunk by a japanese submarine only a few days after delivering the bomb to tinnian.
Who armed the atomic bomb at Hiroshima?
The ground crew at Tinian Island.
What was the name of the island where the us exploded the first atomic bomb?
fartland
Where was the atomic bomb fatman placed in the plane or Buckscar?
Trinity Island
What was the strongest weapon before the atomic bomb?
Prior to the advent of Atomic Weapons: 1. The strongest weapon was the battleship. 2. A battleship could hurl a "2,000 pound bomb" (shell) nearly 20 miles; nine at a time (one salvo). 3. A battleship was the most expensive piece of military equipment that a nation could produce. 4. A battleship was the most complex piece of military equipment that a nation could produce. 5. A battleship was the "most heaviest armored" of any piece of military equipment produced by any nation.
Where did the enola gay fly from before the atomic bomb was dropped?
the island of Tinian in the pacific..............................
Where did the plane that was dropping the atomic bomb take off from?
The Enola Gay flew from the Island Of Tinian and returned to that island. The second atom bomb was sent from that Island too. See related link below.
Was the atomic bomb enable to sunk an island?
No.However the first US hydrogen bomb test Ivy Mikecompletely destroyed an island (Eugelab in Enewetak Atoll), turning it into a crater.
How was an atomic bomb repaired?
how was the atomic bomb repaired
Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?
If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.
What is significant about the island of Hiroshima?
That place has been the first to receive an atomic bomb on august 1945
Did the Indianapolis deliver both atomic bombs used on Japan?
At Tinian Island, in the Marianas. Tinian was the origin of both the nuclear raids.
